Information: Several Indians also use ring made of the iron nails of a ship which remained in sea for long period. It is believed that it saves from troubles/agony of Saturn (supposed to be 7 ½ years minimum in a person’s life cycle at a stretch certainly once) planet on respective star constellations of an individual .

बाल (baal) – hair

बालों में क्या तुमने मेहंदी लगा रखी है?

(Balon mein kya tumney mehandi laga rakhi hai?)

Have you applied henna in the hair?

माल (maal) items/stock/articles (also सामान (saamaan.)

आज कितने का माल जहाज से आएगा?

(Aaj kitney ka maal jahaad se aayega.)

How much worth articles would arrive from the ship today?

राल (raal) – greediness

पैसे को देख कर उसके मुंह से राल टपकने लगी|

(Paise ko dekhkar uskay munh se raal tapakaney lagee.)

Seeing money, he became greedy. ( water started coming out from his mouth)

लाल (lal) – red

खून का रंग लाल है|

(Khoon ka rang lal hai.)

The colour of blood is red.

खून means (अर्थ) = रक्त.

शाल (shawl) – shawl

मुझे ठण्ड लग रही है, शाल से ओढ दो|

(Mujhe thand lag rahee hai, shawl se oadh do.)

I am feeling cold, cover (wrap) me with shawl.

साल (saal) – year

अभी इस साल के कितने महीने शेष/ बाकी हैं?

(Abhee is saal ke kitney mahiney shesh/baaki hain?)

How many months remain(balance) now in this year.

बाकी means शेष

हाल (haal) – recently

हाल ही मैं मैने आपको ३०० रुपये उधार दिए थे|

(Haal he mein mainey aapko ३०० रूपए udhaar diye tthey.)

Recently only ,I had given you a loan of Rs. 300/-.

Homework:

Try out some two letter words, ending with a particular alphabet. Choose some words that end with a maatra (vowel) before the last letter, and others that do not have a vowel before the last letter. Add them as comments to this lesson.